[{"command":"openDialog","selector":"#drupal-modal","settings":null,"data":"\u003Cdiv class=\u0022ds-1col clearfix\u0022\u003E\n\n  \n\n  \n  \u003Cp\u003EThere is very little coverage of AAH in Iranian English-language media. In the few reports that exist, Iranian media are decidedly pro-AAH, presumably because of the group\u2019s role as an Iranian proxy. In April 2015, Iran\u2019s state-owned Press TV published an Agence France-Presse photograph of AAH fighters and captioned it: \u201cThis file photo shows Iraqi mourners carrying the coffin of a pro-government Asaib Ahl al-Haq fighter during his funeral in Iraq\u2019s central shrine city of Najaf.\u201d The article reported on the bombing of a \u201cfuneral of a pro-government volunteer fighter,\u201d presumably with AAH allegiance. The article added, \u201cThere has been no claim of responsibility for the bombing, but such attacks are usually blamed on Takfiri ISIL terrorists.\u201d\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003E\u201cBomb attack kills 5, wounds 21 in northern Iraq,\u201d Press TV, April 22, 2015, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/Detail\/2015\/04\/22\/407464\/5-civilians-killed-in-north-Iraq-bombing\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/Detail\/2015\/04\/22\/407464\/5-civilians-killed-in-north-Iraq-bombing\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAn April 2014 article by Iran\u2019s Tasnim News Agency reported on a bombing at an \u201c[electoral campaign] rally of the Asaib Ahl al-Haq group.\u201d Tasnim speculated that ISIS was responsible for attack, writing: \u201can al-Qaeda spin-off group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant uses similar tactics.\u201d Tasnim mentioned AAH\u2019s history of carrying out \u201cdeadly attacks\u201d against U.S. troops and the group\u2019s 2007 kidnapping of a British contractor.\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003E\u201c37 People Killed after Bomb Blasts Hit Iraq Campaign Rally,\u201d Tasnim News Agency, April 26, 2014, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.tasnimnews.com\/english\/Home\/Single\/349875\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.tasnimnews.com\/english\/Home\/Single\/349875\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn January 2014, Iran\u2019s Fars News Agency reported that AAH had \u201curged\u201d Saudi Arabia to \u201chalt its support\u201d for terrorist groups in Iraq. Fars News Agency quoted AAH leader Qais al-Khazali as saying, \u201cThe Saudi house is frailer than the spider\u2019s web and our reaction to its meddling in Iraq will perplex Riyadh since it will be hit from a side which it has never thought of.\u201d The quotation is evidence of Iran\u2019s\u2014and its proxies--hostility toward Riyadh.\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003E\u201cShiite Movement Warns to Hit Riyadh in Reprisal for Saudi-Led Violence in Iraq,\u201d Fars News Agency, January 8, 2014, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/english.farsnews.com\/newstext.aspx?nn=13921018000634\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/english.farsnews.com\/newstext.aspx?nn=13921018000634\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n","dialogOptions":{"minWidth":850,"resizable":true,"modal":true,"title":"Iranian Media"}},{"command":"doFootnotes"}]